Environmental Health Data Areas
The Need for an Assessment of Local Environmental Health Data
Report Organization & Limitations
Data inventory and Quality Assessments
Environmental Health Tracking and Network Development
Consumer Demands & Polluting Activities
Case Study #1: Does Buying “Oak” Furniture in Pittsburgh Destroy Rainforests in Asia?
Point Sources: Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
Case Study #2: Masontown & the Hatfield’s Ferry Power Plant
Potential Exposure: Environmental Monitoring
Case Study #3: The Neville Island & Mon Valley Bucket Brigades
Case Study #4: Hair Analysis for Mercury in Environmental Journalists
General Nature of Health Information
Health Outcomes Data Sources & Systems
Case Study #5: Is Autism Related to Industrial Mercury Releases?
Psychological Health Outcomes Data
Built Environment & Health: A Focus on Neighborhoods
Case Study #5: The Data-Gathering Process as a Path to a Healthy Neighborhood
Appendices
Appendix B: Counties in Definitions of “Region”
Appendix C: Map of Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
Appendix D: Map of Pittsburgh Region EPA/PADEP Air Monitors
Appendix E: DEP Pittsburgh Area Ambient Monitoring Sites
Appendix F: Pittsburgh Region Carbon Monoxide Emissions
Appendix G: Map of Allegheny County Health Department Air Monitors
Appendix H: Comprehensive Question List
Appendix I: Diseases & Environmental Toxins Suspected to Cause Them